political crisps are where it's at tbh
http://www.therealcrisps-election.com/

Having worked for walkers (pepsico) in their warehouse, stacking boxes of crisps on pallets for delivery nationwide, I was always most annoyed at having to lug whole pallet loads of 'nobbys nuts' which must weigh the best part of a tonne.

Seeing the 'political' crisps on the news yesterday, I was struck with the idea of adding peanuts to the 'political foodstuffs'. The result of which would be branded 'Clegg-nuts' :rotfl2:

Not being versed in UK politics - I have one suggestion - and its what needs to happen here too in many ways.

R.E.N.O.

Re
Elect
No
One

Do this - and you break all the corruption circles that have dragged down good leaders, allowed bad ones to manipulate the system and dismantles the entire "power broker" establishment in one swoop.

It's an idea Cap, but unfortunately the two leading candidates are both as mired in scandal, corruption and other political messes as each other, even the outsider group the Lib Dems aren't particularly on the level but it's less well publicised with them because not many people really care because they have a snowballs chance in hell of getting into power.
Still, I will go and throw my vote into the bin on the big day and watch the Tories win the local seat no matter what I write down because as a co-worker put it today, 'If you don't vote then you don't have a right to complain about it.'

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Sadly 'None of the Above' is not an option on ballot papers here. Neither is defacing your ballot, as it is not counted as anything then.
So, we have a mediocre voter turnout and voting percentage of said vote at, say... 43% and slippery pricks like tony blair claiming victory over the previous government (this is back in 1997) as a 'landslide victory'. Such a vacuous statement considering those figures reflect one of the lowest voter turnouts ever.

http://www.ukpolitical.info/Turnout45.htm

It's worth noting that since labour have been in power the last two elections have had the lowest voter turnout since WW2!

http://www.ukpolitical.info/ResultsFull97.htm

I'd wager the minimum hourly wage that a lot more people would bother to make their vote if they could say 'none of the above'. You'd certainly see a clearer picture of election results, and if nothing else it would suck the wind out of facile statements made by newly elected parties regarding their sweeping victories.

Still, never mind eh?

I feel for the UK, hopefully you guys will take your country back as we in the US are poised to do in November and then in 2012.Despite our crappy President and his recent not so friendly behavior to our allies and practically grabbing his ankles for our enemies,we do value our long standing friendship/alliance with the UK and hope to have a better president soon.

Rgr that matey....but politically it looks like we're both on the same boat....the Titanic!!

I just came across this piece.
Its funny and good , though some may get upset with the language used.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...cider-potheads

I think this should be, this should at best reduce the number of non voters even technically your not voting but your saying is I want to vote, I believe in politics but how can I vote for this shambles.

The problem is as I see it, is the EU. On average 70-80% of our laws come out of the EU and our spineless government just rubber stamps the whole lot of them, take the Human Right Act which is nothing more than a big thumbs up for criminals.

Westminster is no longer the true seat of power for our country, it has become a big off shore council for the EU. British politics has been in decline for many years now, and all that lot do is act like spoiled little brats.

So there is only one thing we can do, vote them all out.

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Oh look!!....Somebody woke him up :o

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Looks like his Spiderman comic remained intact :DL

Yay, up the revouition.....,until of course you find that the new bunch of bollox are rather identical to the old bunch of bollox you just got rid of.
But please point me to an orgamisation of reformation or revolution where the people havn't ended up getting screwed .

I have to echo Steed's comment - there is a surprisingly large constituency (not in the regional sense) in Britain which is deeply afraid of the Conservatives in the same way Dorothy was afraid of the West Witch. 1979 is over three decades past, the YOP, SPG and all the other acronyms are far distant, Thatcher has long gone Sinatra...I mean, what's the worst they could do? Take us into an illegal, deeply unpopular war (wasting thousands of young lives and cannibalising the Royal Navy budget in the process), create a vast CCTV/ANPR network, amass millions of DNA profiles from people not convicted of any crime, curtail individual freedoms to an extent unthinkable 20 years ago at the height of the worst terrorist campaign in Western Europe, follow a PM who takes direct instruction from "God", licence the assassination of Brazilian plumbers, promote the "advantages" of a surveillance state, ban pop guns, public photography, lawful protest within earshot of uneasy lawmakers, oversee the transformation of British police from (mostly) respected uniformed members of the public into heavily-armed, self-stigmatizing, technology-reliant paragons of arrogance, wreck the principle of constitution by tradition, pass more proscriptive legislation than any Parliament in British history and generally abuse their absurd Commons majority like a child from some Roald Dahl book gone mad in a toy shop?

Personally, I won't vote or care until the never-to-appear day that political parties disappear altogether (preferably outlawed, along with private funding/lobbyists) and candidates can speak honestly and with intellectual independence. About the only positive thing I can say is that it would take at least a decade or two of pure hate before the UK could develop an intolerant, ultra-polarised USA/Latin America style of politics.




Note: I would be happy to see Alec Salmond and his closeted Anglophobe cronies in the Scottish "Government" humiliated, though. I don't care who takes care of those arseholes.

To be fair to American politics---assuming you think the polarized nature is new, that is---it's been the same way since the Washington Administration.

We had good teachers. ;)

"Personally, I won't vote or care until the never-to-appear day that political parties disappear altogether (preferably outlawed, along with private funding/lobbyists) and candidates can speak honestly and with intellectual independence. About the only positive thing I can say is that it would take at least a decade or two of pure hate before the UK could develop an intolerant, ultra-polarised USA/Latin America style of politics."

American politics is not entirely fueled by hate as some, esp the media has portrayed it.The current President is a very polarzing figure due to his radical, dangerous agenda along with the arrogance and defiance of the American people recently.This has bred much anger but there is a difference between anger and hate.Now, hatred exists in all corners be it liberal or conservative etc but the majority does not hate their countrymen with whom they disagree.Again, the problem is our president is a very polarizing figure due to his policies at home and abroad as well as his attitude.I will admit I dislike the man but do not hate him.Opposing someone's actions esp when they are dangerous does not mean you hate them.Intolerance has grown greatly in obama's era esp from the Left who does not want the regime challenged because the facade has been exposed.Much to their chagrin, his oppostion continues to be heard as his poll numbers drop.Just understand we are in a difficult time and our nation is in danger so there is more anger out there but politics here is not about hatred, the current anger is about preserving our country and not turning into the overtaxed, overregulated, government run hell that the "progressives" want in the name of "social justice" and "equality"

One has to admit that there is a rather large difference on the view of politics in Europe and in America. In America there is a lot of emotion and a lot of feeling in politics, just take a look at the General Topics board here.
In Europe, no-one really seems to give a monkeys any more because most of our countries have had one ineffective leader after another and see them all as a bunch of lying *bites tongue before infringing swear filter*
Perhaps it's because we've been playing the game for longer, and our history of crooked politics goes back further, I don't know, but if one looks at the American political threads and European political threads one notices a ratio heavily balanced in favour of the former over the latter.
Shades of apathy I dare say, new blood is needed but short of an armed uprising (and could you really see that happening in the UK? :har:) the system will just continue to go around in circles, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.

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